Object Details
engraver
Green, Valentine
delineator
Farington, George
publisher
Boydell, John
original artist
Dobson, William
Description
Mezzotint from original painting by William Dobson once in the Cabinet at Houghton. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, with corrected title as Portrait of Abraham van der Doort. Print removed from George P. Marsh's copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Pencil note on mounting sheet: “Taken out for framing '94.” SI Secretary's Library stamp embossed on lower left inside plate mark.
[Abraham van der Doort, died 1640, Surveyor of the King's Pictures]
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Marsh Collection
date made
1776
ID Number
1978.0534.02.61
accession number
1978.0534
catalog number
1978.0534.02.61
Object Name
Print
print
mezzotint
Object Type
Mezzotint
Other Terms
Print; Intaglio; Mezzotint
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 17.75 cm x 11.75 cm; 7 in x 4 5/8 in
plate: 15.25 cm x 10.25 cm; 6 in x 4 1/32 in
place made
United Kingdom: England, London
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Portraits
Men
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_786105